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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 2, 1988Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1988, 10:39 PM CDT for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1988, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1988, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kendall County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2917 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 030341
TORSAT
TXC259-030445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
1039 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
          ...KENDALL
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER KENDALL COUNTY NEAR
COMFORT AND ANOTHER IN SOUTH KENDALL COUNTY JUST NORTH OF BOERNE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
445 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING...COMAL..EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND
   KERR COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT.  THE WATCH IS WITHIN
AN AREA 55 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF SAN ANGELO
TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN.

AT 440 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF BRADY IN
MCCULLOCH COUNTY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  ALTHOUGH NO
THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO WEATHER OFFICE WARNING
AREA...WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES...THE THREAT
OF RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPOACHES OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY SOUTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES KEEPING @YOU INFORMED OF THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF COMAL..
EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND KERR.

AT 600 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF
BRADY AND NORTHWEST OF LAMPASAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED
SEVERE WEATHER AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN BLANCO AND MENARD.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN AND CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMIAN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
650 PM CDT THU JUNE 1988

CHANNEL 6 T.V. IN TEMPLE RELAYED A REPORT FROM LOMETA...327/66 FM AUS.
IN LAMPASAS COUNTY.  THE OLD ROUND HOUSE TRAIN STATIO)N WAS DESTROYED.
THE BUS SHED IS GONE AND MANY TREES UPROOTED.  EYE WITNESS TO FUNNEL
IN DOWNTOWN LOMETA BETWEEN 550 AND 610 PM.

AUS/JVD.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
705 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF COMAL..
EDWARDS..GUADALUPE..KENDALL..AND KERR.

AT 700 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR JOHNSON
CITY...TO EAST OF MENARD TO LLANO.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED
SEVERE WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OR DEVELOPING IN THE
ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CONTINUES THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN AND CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMIAN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMEUNTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
830 PM CDT THU JUN 2 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM TONIGHT AND EXPANDED TO COVER
   MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPLITAN AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REVISED THE TORNADO WATCH TO INCLUDE
MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE WATCH IS WITHIN AN AREA 80 MILES EITHER SIDE
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TO 20 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF VICTORIA...AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM TONIGHT.

AT 830 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHWEST OF
AUSTIN...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF KERRVILLE...TO SOUTH OF MASON.  MOVEMENT
OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE STORM NORTHEAST OF KERRVILLE WILL BE MOVING TO NEAR THE KERR/
KENDALL COUNTY LINE NORTH OF COMFORT TEXAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH %AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson55 min
Jun 2, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie66 min
Jun 2, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis66 min
Jun 2, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson32 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall61 min
Jun 2, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKerr66 min
Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal61 min
Jun 2, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell46 min
Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Medina61 min
Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson61 min
Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio55 min
Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt38 min
Jun 3, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde63 min
Jun 3, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca69 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXJackson47 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.